Findlay, OH, Ohio: Populist metro. In 2024, voted R+38%. Republican peak: R+58 in 1984.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+38MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- PopulistAkashic typology
- Population
- 74,8662024 5-year
- Median household income
- $73,1412024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 88.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+23 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+58 in 1984MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Findlay, OH, OHOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 11,467 | 26,052 | 38,018 | ||
| R | 11,757 | 26,310 | 38,771 | ||
| R | 9,609 | 24,183 | 36,571 | ||
| R | 12,564 | 22,443 | 35,944 | ||
| R | 13,870 | 22,420 | 37,055 | ||
| R | 10,352 | 25,105 | 35,619 | ||
| R | 8,798 | 20,985 | 30,617 | ||
| R | 9,334 | 17,252 | 29,908 | ||
| R | 7,944 | 16,821 | 31,963 | ||
| R | 7,435 | 19,896 | 27,643 | ||
| R | 5,758 | 22,169 | 28,297 | ||
| R | 6,843 | 18,264 | 27,010 | ||
| R | 8,548 | 15,983 | 25,333 | ||
| R | 6,084 | 18,111 | 25,624 | ||
| R | 6,918 | 15,032 | 24,609 | ||
| R | 11,547 | 11,610 | 23,157 | ||
| R | 6,712 | 17,059 | 23,771 | ||
| R | 5,289 | 15,713 | 21,002 | ||
| R | 5,366 | 14,999 | 20,365 | ||
| R | 6,598 | 11,427 | 18,079 | ||
| R | 6,252 | 13,450 | 19,702 | ||
| R | 7,755 | 14,174 | 21,929 | ||
| D | 9,929 | 9,816 | 20,784 | ||
| D | 9,370 | 9,260 | 19,061 | ||
| R | 4,158 | 13,151 | 17,410 | ||
| R | 5,111 | 9,167 | 16,074 | ||
| R | 6,386 | 9,746 | 16,390 | ||
| D | 5,416 | 4,268 | 9,976 | ||
| D | 4,309 | 2,241 | 9,041 | ||
| D | 5,420 | 4,899 | 10,781 | ||
| R | 4,148 | 5,766 | 10,426 | ||
| R | 5,322 | 5,559 | 11,086 | ||
| R | 5,546 | 5,591 | 11,258 | ||
| D | 4,931 | 4,780 | 10,293 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
33.3%
English
12.2%
Irish
9.0%
American
9.0%
Italian
2.7%
Polish
2.3%
Scottish
2.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 39.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$73,141
Findlay, OH ranks near the middle of US counties.
Findlay, OH$73,141
Ohio$71,389
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
9.9%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1810.1%
Working age (18–64)10.2%
Seniors (65+)7.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
94.9%
speak English only
Spanish2.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.6%
Other Indo-European0.5%
Other languages0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 58.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Findlay's economy is shaped by Marathon Petroleum's headquarters and a dense tier-one auto-supplier base, producing a blue-collar and corporate workforce that has voted Republican at the presidential level by double-digit margins for decades.
The Democratic margin in Findlay, OH peaked at twenty-three points in 1912. By 1940 the metro had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was thirty-eight points, the most Republican-leaning result in the metro's modern history.
The economic context is the key. The median household income of $73,141 sits well below state and national norms, and 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Findlay, OH, Ohio vote in 2024?
In 2024, Findlay, OH, Ohio voted Republican by 38.4 points (R+38), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 38,018 votes cast, 11,467 went Democratic and 26,052 went Republican.
What is Findlay, OH, Ohio's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Findlay, OH, Ohio as a "Populist" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 6 times, Republican 28 times, and other 0 times.
When did Findlay, OH, Ohio last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Findlay, OH, Ohio voted Democratic was 1936.
How many people live in Findlay, OH, Ohio?
Findlay, OH, Ohio has a population of 74,866 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Findlay, OH, Ohio?
Median household income in Findlay, OH, Ohio is $73,141 — below the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $71,389.
What is the political history of Findlay, OH, Ohio?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Findlay, OH, Ohio from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 28 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Populist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.